Sewing needle



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H. I. LIPPARD SEWING NEEDLE Filed April 7, 1926 J /7 A27 5727 65a 7INVENTOR. v

' tion only Patented Mar. 1; 1927.

HERMAN isADoRE LIPPARD, or DARBY, rn'nusr'nvauin.

Application filed April '7,

SEWING NEEDLE.

This invention is an improvement upon the type of sewing needle shown inthe Patent Number 234,371 issued to Benjamin on November 9, 1880, orPatent Number 324,030 5 issued to Kratz on August 11th, 1885, and

its object is, among other things, to further facilitate the threadingoperatlon.

The improvement consists primarily in extending one of the sides of theneedle so that it forms an extended prong which serves both as a guidefor the threading element and also as a lever for opening the threadingslit, thus eliminating entirely the careful step necessary in guidingthe above mentioned patents.

This and other advantages the threading element in threading the nee esdisclosed in derived from the herein to be described type of needle willbecome apparent from the description.

following detailed In the drawings Figure 1 is a plan view of theneedle; Figures 2, mentary views on a large rear or eye end 3 and 4: arefragscale. showing the of the needle and also the successive steps inthe threading operation.

Referring specifically to the drawings 1 designates the needle; 2designates the eye, situated at the rear, or shank end thereof, farthestfrom the point, as is the practice in sewing needles;

1 designates a slit at the rear end of the eye, the said slit beingadapted to open and admit the threading unit into the eye when thespring arms,

separated by pressure upon 5 and 6 are the prong 3, and

against the bevel formed on the lateral end 5 of prong 5; 12 designatesa slit at the front end of the eye and extending towards the point endof the needle, the said slit terminating short of the point of theneedle as shown. This slit imparts a greater degree of resiliency andgives a greater amplitude to the spring arms 5 and The use of the needleis illustrated in connection with the attachment of a tag to a garment.The applicant desires it to be understood that the use of the needle fortagging purposes is by the way of illustra- Any other purpose in may besubstituted for the the tag herein used as an Loop 9 of the attachin andnot by the way of limitation. threading element for any other which asewing needle 1s used attaching cord of illustration. g cord is slippedover the prong 3,

pressure is applied in the direction of the arrows 8 while t or pulledin the The pressure applied causes the prongs and '6 to become SerialNo. 100,388.

as shown in Figure 2, and

he thread is being pushed direction of the arrow 10. 5

separated thereby distending the opening caused by the slit 4. SeeFigure 3. The thread assumes the positions shown successively in Figures3 and 4, Fig ure 3 showing the attaching cord as it passes through theslit.

while Figure 4: shows the needle completely threaded.

The point of the threaded needle is now inserted into the garment to betagged and pulled in the direction shown by the arrow 11Figure 4. Thespring arms 5 and 6 take all of the retarding frictional pressureexercised by the garment.

The thread, therefore, sides fr-eel 1 through the opening formed in thegarment by the needle until it reaches the point where the loop endattached to the tag strikes the garment. This causes pressure to beexerted upon the thread per se in such a'direction that the threadpresses against the beveled edges 7 at the rearend of the eye.

cient to separate mits the needle to slide away from the cord,-

This pressure is sulfithe spring arms and perthe steps being the reversein direction and sequence of those illustrated in Figures 2, 3,

and 4:. This leaves the tag anchored in the garment.

Having described my invention I claim:

1. A tagging needle havin an eye at the head end thereof, a slit at therear end of said eye, a slit at the front end of said eye extendingtowards the point or front end of said needle, a beveled edge at therear end of said eye, the said bevel sloping towards the slit at therear end, arms formed by the said slits, one of the arms being longerthan the other.

2. A taggingneedle having an eye at the head end thereof, a slit at therear end of said eye, a slit at the front end of said eye extendingtowards the point or front end of the needle, beveled edges at the rearend of said eye, the said bevels extending towards the slit at the rearend of the eye, arms formed by the said slits, a prong extendingrearwardly from said eye, the said of the arms an the slit in the rearend of prong being formed by one (1 integral therewith, the

prong 21111 being longer than the remaining arm.

3. A sewing needle having an eye at the rear end thereof, a slit; at therear end of said eye, a slitat the front end of said eye extendingtowards the point or front end of said needle, av beveled surface at therear end of said eye, the said bevel slopin towards the slit at the rearend, and arms termed by the said slit. 10

In testimony whereof he atlixes his signature.

HERMAN ISADORE LIPPARD.

